The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-18
MARTINS FERRY SUNDAY,

I ..khfti IN j r. isRR1 SUNDAY,
Tho Stricken Town Visited by Thousands.
Roofers mt Work-I,clief Measures,
In the wrecked part Of Martins Ferry
Saturday and Sunday were much alike,
except that yesterday brought moro pco.
plo to survey the ncene, and the work of
roofing was going on ever more vigorously.
The people acckcd in by thousands.
They came from Wheeling by ferry, in
vehicles, horse back and afoot, from Bcl.
ls!rc by the steamer Princess and Katie
Stockdale, from the back country in all
aorts OF couveyanCes, from as far as Pitts.
burgh. They cama at least 5000 stronp-
perhaps 10000. Possibly half OF them
came in the rain, but they remsined until
they had aeen it oil. Some remained until
they could get away, for those who were
afoot and dependent on tho boats found il
rs bard to get out as to get in.
There was plenty Tor the visitors to sse.
Except that the devastated region ia
necked with new roofs OF tin, asbestos,
boards--about anything that will close
house inland save also the busy work.
men on the house-tops, the picture was
Just about as the cyclone made it. Ii yas
all go. .terribIyresl that viaitors looked on in
surprise, notwithstanding the full and
graphic reports in the newspapers. 1t
WAS frequent comment that the newspa.
pers had by no means exaggerated the Of
fec. OF the sudden aud terrific blow.
| TAXING A BIRD's.EYR VIEW.
Reaching town by tho river or the road
the sight-seers climb the hill TO yet
bird's.eye view OF the ruins that Law be.
lo%-rootees houaes, houses with one end
knocked out, houses with great cans torn
in them, with windows removed and ro
other harm done, with chimueys intact
on the rcof looking rs though they had
been gently laid over on one side and not
o brick displaced: hovsas collapsed into
undisl'nsulshable plies Of ,::nber, bricks
and nuilaT, as though they had been
whsCked on the head and knocked life.
less. In the streets and in the vards lsy
a5ort as it fell everything that goes to
make a home, tin roofs, shingle roois, scat
tered frame work and bricks. Branches
OF treea laden with their bursting buds
were scattered everywhere, ono OF the sad
ieaturee oil the ruins, for the people OF Mar
tin'e Ferry have carefully raised their
shade trees and their fruit trees.
wHEgE THE GIANTS FELL.
But the slaughter Of splendid old trees
on a wbolesaie scale wRs TO be seen in
Walnut Grove, the famous reservation OF
pr!nIeval forest which has long been the
pride OF the people hereabouts Nothing
50 fine stood in the Ohio Valley. Posi-.
bly, one tree in Elk OF the 800 liYas TO tell
the tale. Ther were twisted, pnsrlvd,
wrenched, bereft OF limbo, broken off near
the ground, and snatched bodily out bv
the roots. a grand old fellow about ten
iaot in girth lay on the fiat OF his back
scarcely scathed excop: about the head,
| giant soldier stretched on tho field OF bat.
Ito with the killed end wounded living
around hin. 1t took juCt twG minutes to
make this clearing and practically close
Tho history OF Walnut Grove. This gcene
OF ruin had special Vaccination Tor yisi.
tors, who came and fingered and he
moaned tho fate OF the trees. Though the
grove is gone il did good service in its
last hours. It eaved the houses to the
eastward at the foot Of the hill, ior while
tho cyclone WIS playing with the trees it
had ita outer edge blun,el, aud in the con-
tiict wag turned northwsrd and Rped wildly
through the upp"r town. II it had not
been Tor Wslnu; Grove the Elson Glass
Works would have been as sadly d;stig-
ured .;ls the Martins Fe.ry Stove Works.
THE YIELD REVIEWED.
a complete review OF the scene c! ruin
shove that tho figures givsn iu Saturday
| M . t,.sN 10
mated. The storm in this vicinity
wrought frat damage 90 Farview
HchOoi house, about ti,rs miles west of
town, nearly hcmolishlng it. Loss ahout
5000. Then it cTGsapd the brow Of the
hill, end catching BIncter's barn and ou..
building, wrecked them, causing II ioBs Of
$500. Then it iisw dOTn the side OF tho
hill 10 Judge j. s. Cochrna'H iarm,
sljghtIy damaging the houae Rnd carving
outhuiidings and fenccH fifty feet away.
Loss not known. The storm then turned
nearly due east. sweeping Joel Woods Dr.
charh, swapping oil and up.oOtir2 nearly
200 trees. Just this sidr OF the orchard
stood frame house belonging 10 Mr..
| Wood, which wa9 almoAt entirely blown
away, together with mael. OF lhe teHaHt's
| fnrnltrrt. l.pg9 in all about 81 900. Now
down Tho "uld Oad" to George Smiths
residence. at the head OF Wanu. street,
where IL separated, one wing TO the east
nearly tenaliahng j. II. g. Dunren's res.
iienCe, tho othrF coming down 40 !Hr no
Joseph Muneln"'a houHr, on Hanover
street, whore II spHnt i;s force. rnn east
wing confirmed through IIeliing's prop.
erty to Martins addition, dashing on
through Walnut Grove TO Ciark's and
ranll'B additions.
LOSSES IN DETAIL,